Category: Seattle Mortgage Rates

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 12/9/2011: This whole week has been based upon Europe. Until a solid plan is put in place and accepted by the global markets investors will remain in the U.S. Safe Haven which Mortgage Rates are benefitting from.  The U.S. continues to show its own resilience as Consumer Sentiment reported […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 12/7/2011:  In anticipation of the European Union Summit tomorrow, stocks and bonds are trading near unchanged.  Also supporting the current trading pattern is the absence of major headlines out of Europe and domestic economic reports. Why are the markets skeptical?  Vowing to mitigate the current debt crisis rampant in […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 12/6/11: What will happen to Europe? That is what the entire financial market it wating for. BORING it has been the ongoing saga for months. Where this gets very interesting is how it is impacting he Safe Haven trade in the U.S.. Historically Mortgage Rates have worsened after Thanksgiving, […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 11/28/11: Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Back to business as the market is trading on volatility, speculation and uncertainty.  As Europe begins their long road to recovery, investors for now, are believing the plans put in place will help the Euro.  This is far from over, BUT it […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 11/18/11: Building permits rose to 653,000 in October. A 10.9% increase from September and 17.7% higher than October 2010. This is the largest number of permits for 2011 and represents the most since March 2010. The building permits report is used as a guide to gauge future signs of […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 11/16/11: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.1% in October. The 12-month reading of 3.5% comes in lower than September’s reading of 3.9%. This chart displays the year-over-year CPI readings for the last 10 months. Generally, as inflation eases, bond prices rise. Higher bond prices can have a beneficial […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 11/15/11: Retail Sales Continue to Climb.  Retail sales increased .5% to $397,666 million in October. Though the percentage increase was down from 1.1% in September, it marks the second straight month of strong sales and continues an upward trend in consumer spending. The increase in October brings the 2011 level […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 11/14/11: Quiet before the storm on Economic Data. While there are no reports being released today a look into the week brings crucial reads on INFLATION for both consumers and wholesalers. Also numbers on Housing always lights a fire and then the focus will turn to retail sales. Let’s […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 11/10/11:  How attractive are mortgage rates today?  Almost as good as they looked yesterday after the huge selloff to the stock market because of the struggles in Italy.  Today fortunately good for the US economy is the jobless claims report.  The number reported (390,000) was actually below expectations of […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 11/9/11: ITALY is taking the lead now over Greece in media…. Who Cares? Well the market does, early this morning the Stock Market once again sold off on Uncertainty.  The Bond market and Mortgage Backed Securities benefitted on the growing concerns in Europe’s financial system. However just as fast […]